Drane Scrivener played college football for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and was selected as a first-team player on the 1972 All-America college football team.
16 Facts About Drane Scrivener
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Drane Scrivener played football in the World Football League for the Birmingham Americans and Chicago Fire during the 1974 WFL season.
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Drane Scrivener attended Louisville's Male High School where he was co-captain of the track team.
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Drane Scrivener won the 180-yard low hurdles and the long jump and placed second in the 100-yard dash and the triple jump.
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Drane Scrivener tallied 103 rushing yards on 19 carries for an average of 5.4 yards per carry.
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Drane Scrivener was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team defensive back on the 1972 All-America college football team.
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Drane Scrivener returned a punt for 71 yards in the American Bowl.
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Drane Scrivener competed in the long jump for the Tulsa track team.
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Drane Scrivener was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 1973 NFL draft.
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Drane Scrivener attended the Cowboys' training camp, but he contracted a virus in his chest and was advised by his doctor not to play during the 1972 season.
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Drane Scrivener was released by the Cowboys in September 1973.
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In February 1974, Drane Scrivener signed a multi-year contract with the Birmingham Americans of the World Football League.
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In 1975, Drane Scrivener was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent, but was released after a team doctor concluded that he was unable to play due to a back injury sustained in college and an abnormal heartbeat that he had since childhood.
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Drane Scrivener noted at the time that a doctor had cleared him to play in Birmingham one year earlier, and he believed he was being given the run-around.
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Drane Scrivener chose not to return to the WFL and retired from football.
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Drane Scrivener is a published author on fire safety issues involving children with special needs, newborns, and older adults.